PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for defendants in a strict liability case are seeking to dismiss a claim for punitive damages, brought forward by a man who suffered third-degree burns in an explosion from a trash truck’s natural gas system.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied a plaintiff’s motion to find his former company in civil contempt, for its chief executive officer allegedly not responding to an order to answer post-judgment interrogatories.
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh law firm is suing Allen P. Snyder, M.D., and Marianne Snyder, his wife; Parker Snyder; Ashley Frankis; Francine Snyder, personal representative and executrix of the estate of Lance P. Snyder; and Morgan Snyder, alleging breach of contract.
HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania state appellate court has reversed a trial court decision which allowed for a parking company employee to collect a judgment of more than $67,000 for intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) in an assault and battery case versus his employer.
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiff counsel in a senior center’s slip-and-fall lawsuit has elected to file papers to exit that litigation, for reasons yet to be disclosed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – Per the orders of a judge in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, a lawsuit centered on a fall resulting from snow and ice will not be transferred to a court in Bucks County.
On Friday, a federal court dismissed a bad faith claim against Hartford Insurance Company of Illinois without prejudice, in advance of possible refiling.
PHILADELPHIA — An employee is suing Wissahickon School District, a former employer, citing alleged age discrimination, disability discrimination, and wrongful or constructive termination.
A federal court has determined a Pennsauken, N.J., woman’s allegations of sex discrimination and race discrimination against her former employer will proceed.
HARRISBURG – A trucker is suing a wholesale grocery company in York, claiming he suffered injuries during a slip and fall at their offices due to an alleged wet steel staircase.
PHILADELPHIA – Appellants seeking a new trial for recovery of damages connected to a slip-and-fall accident in a Marshalls department store have again been denied that opportunity.
PHILADELPHIA — A woman whose job consisted of delivering utility cutoff notices is suing her former employer, alleging that she was terminated as a result of her supervisor’s gender discrimination.
PHILADELPHIA – A multi-unit property owner who filed a federal complaint alleging the City of Philadelphia violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has had that charge dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA – A Florida resident’s suit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by an Oklahoma-based lending company has been dismissed from a Pennsylvania federal court, due to lack of jurisdiction.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of plaintiffs lawyers are looking to leave a premises liability lawsuit centered on a collision between a Southeastern Public Transportation Authority (SEPTA) bus and a City of Philadelphia fire rescue vehicle.
